How to set the input date to current date in HTML

Question

<input type="date" name="today" id="today" value="Date()">

i have done this but this does'nt work I want that the input should display the current date

Does this answer your question? [How to set input type date's default value to today?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6982692/how-to-set-input-type-dates-default-value-to-today) — Robin Mollah, Jun 20 '21 at 08:24

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 20 '21 at 08:36

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You can also use JS Date() Object:

document.getElementById('date').valueAsDate = new Date();

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<input type='date' id='date'>
</body>
</html>

answered Jun 20 '21 at 08:36

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